A bailiff was convicted of abuse of power

The bailiff is accused by prosecutors of abuse of his official powers, and for the committed act was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment in semi-closed pretrial detention facility.

According to prosecutors, in January 2014, through civil proceedings, the court issued a writ of execution, which decided the seizure of bank accounts, movable and immovable property of the economic agent in the amount of approximately 860 thousand lei.

However, the bailiff didn’t take into account the decision of the court and seized the bank account of the subject, on which was 61 thousand lei, and also seized food, fish and seafood worth over 2 million lei.

Thus, cost of the arrested property exceeded the limit set by the court in 2.5 times. Moreover, food has an expiration date, and was withdrawn from economic turnover, the owner suffered losses.

Recently, the defendant was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment in the penitentiary institution of semi-closed type, with deprivation of right to work as a bailiff for 10 years.